Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,089, John Frost, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Frost, John
S13089
carded
CONTENTS

Letter to Pen Agt 9. May 1825. Order to pay 2 Oct 1838.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 4 April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to 4 Sept 1837. Agt Notified 26 Nov 1838.
Rev to Pen Agent of letter to Hon M. Kilman 2 March 1841.
To Albany New York 3000 4 Sept 1840 - 12 April 1841. Notification to Hon Mr Hill - Memo Buffalo N.Y.
Albany New York 18.551
John Frost.
of Dorset, in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Stiles of the regt commanded by Col. Fellows. in the Mass. Sta. line for 1 yr. 6 mo. private. 2 mo. 15. do. corporal
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont. at the rate of 62 Dollars 49 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Sept.
1833 and sent to S. Swift Manchester Vt.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 $ 156.22 1/2
Pension allowance ending 4 March 32 31.24 3/4
$ 187.47
{ Revolutionary Claim } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by El Mrown Clerk. Book 10. Vol. 3 Page 65
Date of death not on list -

No 3059
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State of Vermont } On this 1 st day of August A.D. 1832. personally appeared County of Bennington } in open court, before the Hon. Myron Clark, Judge of the Probate Court for the Probate District of Manchester in the County of Bennington, State of Vermont, now sitting, John Frost a resident of the Town of Dorset in said County of Bennington, aged 72 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he was born at Old Framingham, in the State of Massachusetts on 22 d day of December, in the year 1759. as he believes. That he removed with his Parents, some time in the fall of the year 1784 to Williamburgh in the County of Hampshire in the same State, at which place he resided until the close of the revolutionary war. He has no knowledge that there is any record of his age except only his family of Record which he has kept. Except that he has been informed that his age was recorded in the Town Records of said Town of Williamburgh.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officer, and served as herein stated.
That he enlisted at Hatfield in said County of Hampshire, as near as he can recollect at this time, in the month of October 1775. to serve until the first day of the following January 1776. in the company commanded by Capt. Stiles of Whately, said company having been made up from a number of different towns, the names of the other company officers he does not now remember, that soon after his said enlistment, said company marched to Dorchester Boston in said State, & when they reached there, they were attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. Fellows, Lt. Col. Ayes & Maj. Benj. Tupper, that he served through said term of enlistment, having been stationed for the greater part of the time at said Dorchester & at Roxbury adjoining. On or about the 10 th day of January 1776. said company was dismissed by parol, & he returned home, having been absent in said service in the whole at least two  three months & a half, and afterwards, in or about the fore part of the month of February  March 1776. he again enlisted at Northampton as he believes, for the term of one year in the company commanded by Capt. Isaac Chapin, Lieut. Seth Hunt 2 d Lieut. White, & Ensign Nathl. Sylvester, & in the Regiment commanded by Col. Porter. The names of the other field officers he is not now able, distinctly to remember, in the Massachusetts line. That afterwards about the fore part  1 st of March 1776. he marched from said Northampton, through said State of Massachusetts, to Burlington in the State of Vermont - thence through Manchester, Castleton & Ticonderoga - thence down the Lake Champlain, on the ice on said Lake, to St. Johns & Chambly in Canada - thence to Sault, down the River St. Lawrence on the ice to Three Rivers - thence by land principally to Quebec when he arrived the fore part of the month of April of the same year 1776. when

Genl: Arnold at that time was wounded. Genl: Montgomery having been previously killed at that place. When he remained about one month, when the army retreated up the River St. Lawrence to said Chamblee, where they met Genl: Sullivan with a Brigade under his command, who then took the command of the whole army and drove them back, & they marched to the Three Rivers, where they met the British army, & a severe battle ensued in which he was engaged. That the said Army under Genl: Sullivan then retreated, up said River St. Lawrence to Chamblee, thence to St. Johns thence to Isle de aux Noix, where they remained for 2 or 3 weeks, having sent forward the invalids & stores to Crown Point, they waited for the return of the Boats & then went from thence to Crown Point where they staid a few days - thence to Ticonderoga where at Mount Independence they lained until some time in the fall of the year, probably in October, they were ordered to proceed to Albany - from thence went in Boats up Lake George to Fort George on said Lake thence they marched by land, down the Hudson River to Albany - thence after a stay of a few days they went down said River by water to P'keepsie, where they lained, staid one day crossed the River - then marched to Morrisstown in the State of New Jersey - where he staid until the expiration of his term of enlistment, when Genl: Washington by request of he was induced to remain in said service for a further time & he staid about 15 days longer, during which he was engaged in a very severe skirmish or Battle between the Towns of Springfield & Elizabeth Town in said State of New Jersey, thence marched to said Elizabeth Town, where he with others captured a British vessel & a number of Prisoners aboard of it - after the expiration of said last mentioned time, his said Company were dismissed by parole, & he returned to his said home in S. Williamburgh - And that afterwards, soon after the evacuation of the Fort at Ticonderoga in the month of July 1777. according to his best recollection, he turned out as a Volunteer in the Company commanded by Capt. Saml: Fairfield & Lieut: Col: Warren & Major Kellogg at said Williamburgh for an indefinite period, & marched from thence to Pittsfield in said State of Massachusetts, where they joined a Regiment or part of a Regiment of militia in the Massachusetts line commanded by Col. Mosley - from thence marched, this is part of the State of New York, to Greenbush & Landingburgh in said State - thence crossed the North River at Halfmoon near Watervliet - thence up said River on the west side, then crossed & went to Fort Miller - thence to a place called Moos Creek, where they staid a while - & then went on a few miles further until they met, or very near the British Army under Genl: Burgoyne, where they retreated, & stopped & set trees across the road, to serve as obstructions to the march of the British Army - & continued retreat to Saratoga near Fish Creek & Genl: Schuyler's house - where he was stationed for about one fortnight - during which time, Genl: Schuyler commanded - but after Genl: Gates came on & took the command of the northern Army, he gave liberty to all the Volunteers to return home & with his Company were then dismissed, & he returned home to said Williamburgh about the middle or towards the latter part of August or first of September as he now believes, having been absent in the whole on service according to his best recollection about as much as 5 weeks. And afterwards, some time in the later part of the month of October, 1778 according to the best of his recollection, he again enlisted into the same Company, commanded by Capt. Saml: Fairfield at said Williamburgh, as he now thinks for the term of three months, & marched from thence to Boston in said State of Massachusetts, where he was stationed about 10 days, as a guard, then at Dorchester Point, where he remained until the expiration of his said term

some time in the fore part of January 1779. When his company were dismissed before, the returned to his said home in said Williamburgh. The name of his Field Officers he does not now distinctly remember - but recollects one of them, Maj: Christ: Banister thinks there was no higher rank than that some time according to his present recollection, in or about the month of October in part of the year 1797. he removed from the said Town of Williamburgh to the town of Saugate in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont, where he resided until in or the fore part of the month of August 1818. he removed from thence to said Dorset where he has ever since resided. That he has no documentary evidence to support his said statements or any part thereof. That he knows of no living witnesses whom he can procure to prove his said services, except that in the fore part of the year 1820. he understood that one Enoch Beals who served with him in the aforesaid year, service then lived in the Town of St. Albans in the County of Franklin in said State of Vermont, the with a view to make application for a pension under the then existing laws of the U.S. sent to the said Beals & procured his Affidavit to prove said services, which he has ever since retained, there with presents, & which he never made use of for the above purpose, having become satisfied that the amount of the property which he then possessed, would exclude him from the benefit of the said pension law then in force. Whether the said Beals be still alive he does not know that not heard. One Humphrey Richardson who lately resided in said Dorset, but has now gone as he understands into some part of the State of Connecticut - who also served with him some part of the time under the same enlistment but who during said term was taken prisoner & was not restored to said service until after the expiration of said enlistment. As to the correctness of his above statements, he can appeal with confidence to his respectable neighbours. The nearest & the only clergyman in that part of the town of Dorset where he resides is the Rev: Mr. Jackson, having understood that he was unable to attend here today, he did not apply to him - but has applied to & procured two of his respectable Neighbours, who reside in said Dorset, to wit: Mr. Dutton Esq: & Mr. Joseph Myrick to prove his character & substantiate his statements. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  John Frost
We William Dutton & Joseph Myrick both residing in Dorset in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Frost, who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration. That we believe him to be seventy two years of age - That he is respected & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid.  Joseph Myrick W m Dutton
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that the said William Dutton & Joseph Myrick who have signed the preceding Certificate are both Residents in the said town of Dorset in the County of Bennington.

as aforesaid, are both credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit. Sworn & testified by before me
Myron Clark Judge of Probate Court
State of Vermont
I Henry Robinson Register of the Court of Probate, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mr. John Frost, for a Pension -
In testimony whereof I have here- unto subscribed my hand & have affixed the seal of Our said Court, at Manchester in the county of Bennington, this first day of August. A.D. 1832. - of the Inde- pendence of the United States - the 57 th
Henry Robinson Register

3069 Case of Silver Frost
7.33 1.83 53.33 62.49
2 mo 15 d's Corp - 16 " — Pinn
J Smith Manchester ✓

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
20 April 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of John Frost
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the disqualification is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1775 " 2 15 Private Col. Folsom, 2 d Col. Williamsg. 1 st B ty of Artillery 28 years Setts of Applicant   " " " " " Major Villard, 1 st Inf ty Reg t " Traditional evidence   1776 1 " " Private Col. Porter " Comptroller's book on French Books   1777 1 1 15 Private Col. Morley " Traditional evidence from Oath   1778 2 2 15 Corporal Major Brantner " " " "  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr John Frost 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general belief, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from (a) to (j) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
There is probably some mistake as to the service in 1776 as the statement cannot be corroborated by evidence in this case

January 26, 1933
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John Frost-S.13089 BA-J/ASF
Mr. Benjamin F. Hurd 525 Parker Street Newark, New Jersey
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Frost, who served in the Massachusetts troops from Williamsburgh and died in Evans, New York.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.13089, based upon the Revolutionary War service of John Frost.
He was born December 22, 1759 at Framingham, Massachusetts, and in the fall of 1764 moved, with his parents, whose names are not given, to Williamsburgh, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
While residing in said Williamsburgh, John Frost enlisted and served with the Massachusetts troops, as follows-
Sometime From in October, 1775, two and one half months as private in Captain Stiles' company, Colonel Fellows' regiment; from in February, 1776, eleven months as private in Captain Israel Chapin's company, Colonel Porter's regiment, was in the expedition to Canada, in the battle of Three Rivers, in the retreat from there and in an engagement near Elizabethtown, New Jersey; sometime from in July, 1777, six weeks as private in Captain Samuel Fairfield's company, Colonel Moseley's regiment; from in October, 1778, two and one half months as corporal in Captain Samuel Fairfield's company, under Major Christian Banister.
John Frost lived in Williamsburgh until in October,

1797, then moved to Sandgate, Bennington County, Vermont and in August, 1818 moved to Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont.
The soldier, John Frost, was allowed pension on his application executed August 1, 1852, then a resident of Dorset, Vermont.
In 1841 he stated that his wife was dead and that his children were living in the state of New York, he had moved to Evans, Erie County, New York to be near them. He did not give the name of his wife nor any of his children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Nov 9 96 Deed Recd to JNB H P Hurd Newark N.J.
Nov. 7-1908
Mrs. M. Goodrich Mayview St.
Apl. 22, 1900 Hist to Wm. Frost, N.Y.C.
1907 Nov 30 Hist. To Anne M. Sawyer See mid. File 14 758 - for letter.
1921 Apr. 26 Hist. To Mrs. A. P. Patterson.
1921 May 18 Hist. To Mrs. C. V. Melcher.
1933 Jan. 28 " " " Beryl F. Hurd see J
Perkins
13.089 INVALID.
File No. 13.089
John H. Hurd 7 Corp. Prin. St. Wm.
Act: June 11 1879
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
MB a B
Jan. 23 1933
RESPECTFULLY REFERRED TO
Chief Revolutionary War Section
For reply to attached letter of Mr. B. F. Hurd 525 - Parker Street, Newark, N. J. relating to record of John Frost.
Mr. Hurd has been advised a service of Harlan Page Hurd in Civil War, and of this reference.
F. J. Robinson
Chief Widow Subdivision
Form 3340
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1931
1-8214
awg

Information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. John French Co. F 13089
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Oct. 17. 50 2 yrs. Pvt. Stiles Fellowes Mass.   July 17. 52 11 yrs. Cpl. James Clapton Porter   July 17. 52 6 mos. P. Col. Fairfield Porter   Oct. 17. 52 2 mos. Corporal  
Battles engaged in, and  Port Royal  Port Royal and Elizabeth City Residence of soldier at enlistment, Williamsburgh Hampshire Co. Mass. Date of application for pension, July 1882 Residence at date of application, Great Bennington Co. Vt. Age at date of application, Dec 22 1840 at Framingham, Mass.
Remarks: He was discharged for the reason that he was unable to continue service due to the loss of his right hand. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. In 1880 soldier was residing in Evansville Ind. with his children names not stated. At that time his wife was dead.

State of Vermont } As this 7 th day of May 1833. personally appear County of Bennington } Red in open Court, before the Hon. the Probate Court for the Probate District of Manchester in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont now sitting John Frost a Resident of the Town of Bond in said County of Bennington aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the follow- ing Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. — That he was born at Framingham in the State of Massachusetts on the 22 d day of December in the year 1759. That he removed with his Parents some time in the fall of the year 1764. to Williamburgh in the County of Hampshire in the same State at which place he resided until the close of the revolutionary war — he has no knowledge of any Record of his age, except his family Record & except that he has understood that his Birth was recorded in the town Records of said Town of Williamburgh — That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers & served as herein stated — That he enlisted at Hatfield in said County of Hamp- shire, as near as he can now recollect, in the fore part, or as early as the middle of October 1775. but by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise time, to serve until the first day of January A.D. 1776. as he now believes, in the Company commanded by Capt. Hiles of Whately in said County, but as said Company was composed of Officers & men from different towns, he is unable now distinctly to recollect the names of the other Company Officers — That soon after his said enlistment he marched with said Company to Dorchester near Boston in said State, where they were attached to the Regiment of Massachusetts State Troops as he believes, comman- ded by Col. Fellows & Col. Agar & Maj. Benj n Tupper — that he served through the said term of enlistment, having been stationed for the greater part of said time at said Dorchester & at the town of Roxbury adjoining, & on or about the first day of January 1776. said Company was dismissed by parole & he returned to his home in said Williamburgh, having been absent on said service, at least two months & a half — That afterwards on or about the fore part, or at least as early as the middle February 1776. as he now believes, he again enlisted at Northampton in said County of Hampshire, in the Company commanded by Capt. Israel Chapin, 1 st Lieut. Seth Hunt, 2 d Lieut. White & Ensign Nath l Sylvester & in the Regiment of Massachusetts State Troops, as he now thinks, commanded by Col. Porter of Hadley in said County (but the names of the other Field Officers he is not now able distinctly to call to mind) — The term of his enlistment, was then called for a year service, but he now thinks from a con- versation which he has had with Humphrey Richardson Esq. who also en- listed about the same time, & belonged to the same Company, that the time for which he so enlisted expired as early as the first day of February 1777. & he is not confident, after the lapse of time comparing events & circumstances within his know- ledge & recollection, & reflecting more particularly upon the whole, that it did not expire as early as the first of January 1777. — That he with said Company

from said Northampton to Williamstown in said State & Bennington Manchester Castleton etc. in the State of Vermont to Ticonderoga in the State of New York. Thence down on the i ce on Lake Champlain to St. Johns Chamberlain & Sorelle in Canada. Thence down the River St. Lawrence on the i ce to the Three Rivers. Thence by land principally to Quebec in said Province of Canada where they arrived the fore part of the month of April 1776. when Genl. Arnold at that time commanded Genl. Mont- gomery having been previously killed at that place, where they tarried about one month & then retreated up said River St. Lawrence to said Chamberlain, near which they met Genl. Sullivan with a Brigade under his command, & who then ordered them back, & they retrograded to the Three Rivers, where they met the British Army & a severe battle or skirmish ensued, in which he was engaged. That the Army then again re- treated to said Chamberlain thence to St. Johns & the Isle aux Noix, at which last place they stopped for 2 or 3 weeks, having sent forward the Invalids & Stores to Crown Point, & waited the return of the Boats, when they proceeded up the Lake to Crown Point, where they staid a few days. Thence to Ticonderoga, where at fort Mount Independence on the opposite side of the Lake, in Vermont, they were stationed until in or about the month of October in the same year, as he now believes, when they were ordered to march to Albany, & went from thence in Boats up Lake George to Fort George. Thence marched by land down the Hudson River to P'keepsie, where they landed & staid one day then crossed River & marched to Menands in the State of New York, where they remained until the expiration of his said term of enlistment, when by the request of Genl. Washington he was induced with others to continue in said Service for a further time & he did serve at least 15 days longer, during which he was engaged in a very severe skin- nish or Battle between the Towns of Springfield & Elizabethtown in said State of New York, in which some were killed & several made Prisoners by them. They then marched to said Elizabethtown, where he with others captured a British Vessel & a number of pris- oners on board. & after the expiration of said last mentioned time, he with his said company was regularly discharged by Parol. He returned to his home at said Williamstown having served since his said last enlistment as he verily believes, at least eleven months. That afterwards & soon after the evacuation of the Fort at Ticonderoga, in the month of July 1777, according to the best of his recollection, he turned out as a Volunteer in the Company of Massachusetts militia as he now believes, command- ed by Capt. Saml. Fairfield, Lieut. John Warner & Russell Kellogg (at said William- stown,) for an indefinite period, & marched from thence to Pittsfield, in said State of Massachusetts, where they joined a Regiment commanded by Col. Moseley. & from thence marched into the State of New York, to Greenbush & Lansingburgh in said State, crossed the Hudson River at Halfmoon since called Watford. Thence up the river on the west side through Stillwater & Saratoga. Then recrossed & went to Fort Miller. Thence to a place called Moon's Creek, where they stopped while they proceeded a few miles further, where they came near the British Army under Genl. Burgoyne, when they retreated & stopped & fell back across the road to impede the march of the British Army. They continued to retreat to Saratoga, near Fish Creek, & Genl. Schuyler's house, where they were stationed about or near one fortnight, during which time Genl. Schuy- ler commanded them. But after Genl. Gates came on & took the command of the north- ern Army, he gave liberty to all the Volunteers to return home, upon which his company was dismissed by parol, & he returned to his home at P. Williamstown, about the middle or towards the latter part of August or first of September according to the best of his recollection, having been absent upon the said expedition & service as he now believes, at least six weeks. That afterwards, some time in the fore part of the month of October 1778, according to his best present recollection, he again enlisted at said Williamstown into the same Company of Massachusetts militia, command- ed by the said Capt. Saml. Fairfield, to serve as he now thinks, until the first day of the ensuing January 1779. & that he was appointed & served as a Corporal through the whole of the said term. That they marched from thence to Boston in said State, where they were stationed about 10 days as a guard. Thence to Dorchester Point, where he remained until the full expiration of his said term.

1779. when his said company were regularly discharged by parole, he returned once more to his said home at said Williamshburgh, having served under the said last mentioned enlistment as he now believes, at less than two and a half months - that his said company during said term, according to his present recollection & belief, was attached to the command of Col. Christ d Banister, which was the highest rank or grade of the only Field Officer under whom he served agreeably to his present recollection - that  that some time, as he now believes, in the month of October 1779. he removed from said Williamshburgh to the Town of Sandgate in the said County of Bennington where he resided until the fore part of August 1818. as he now thinks, when he removed to said Dorset, where he has ever since resided. That he has no documentary evidence to support his said statements, or any part thereof, & that he knows of no living Witness whom he can procure to prove his said services, except one Humphrey Richardson of said Dorset, who at the time of his former Declaration made, was absent from said Dorset in the State of Connecticut, & who belonged to the same company into which he enlisted as above stated in Feb y 1776. & served with him the major part of said term of service until in or about the month of August 1776. that Richardson was taken prisoner & did not rejoin said company during said term when he expected to be able to procure forward - he has also the Affidavit of one Enock Bales who also belonged to the same company & served with him during the whole of the same term of service, taken in the month of January 1820. who was then living at St. Albans in the County of Franklin in said State of Vermont, but whether alive at this time, or not he is not informed & does not know which Affidavit goes to prove his said services for the said term, & which he also here with produces - except which he now knows of no other living witness to prove said services - but to establish the credibility of his said statements, & the general understanding & belief of his said services amongst his neighbours & acquaintances, he expects to be able to procure forward the Affidavit of the Rev. Mr. Jackson, the nearest Clergyman in said town of Dorset, also of Sylvanus Lykes Esq r . an other respectable neighbour, residing in said town of Dorset to that effect - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, & the desire that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
John Frost
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court before me
Henry Robinson Clerk
I Humphrey Richardson a Resident of the Town of Dorset in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont, aged seventy five years, do testify & say that some time in the fore part, or at least as early as the middle of February A.D. 1776. I enlisted at Northampton in the State of Massachusetts into a company of Massachusetts Troops, commanded by Capt. Israel Chapin in the Regiment commanded by Col. Porter of Hadley in said State, for one year's service, as it was generally called, but which agreeably to my best present recollection was to expire on the last day of Jan y or first of Feb y 1777. then of Williamshburgh in said State That John Frost Esq r . now a resident of said Dorset, with whom I have been acquainted for the most of the time from his youth until the present time, about the same time of my enlistment, enlisted into & belonged to the same company & for the same term of service - that on the 5 th day of March 1776, agreeably to my present recollection we marched from said Northampton for Canada, & that we arrived at Ticonderoga or at least at Braham Plains near there on the 5 th April, in the same year, agreeably to present recollection, & on the 5 th of May according as I now think, we commenced our retreat from thence up the River St. Lawrence to Chamblee on said River, where we met Genl. Sullivan who then took the command of the Army, & we then made a retrograde movement to the Three Rivers so called, near which we had a severe engagement with the British - & thence we again retreated to Chamblee - & thence to St. Johns - thence to the Isle La Motte - & from thence to the fort at Crown Point - from whence I was sent aboard of some Boats for the purpose of guarding & reconnoitering upon Lake Champlain - whilst aboard of which some time in the fore part of August of the same year, I with the others aboard of said boats
as I now believe

was taken a Prisoner by the British & Indians, & was taken back to said Quaker, where after having been detained aboard of a Transport for a time, was with the others conveyed by water to New York, under our Parol, & after a de- tention on board for about a fortnight, we were landed at Elizabeth Town Point in N. Jersey, & I returned from thence home, and rejoined my Regiment the expiration of my term of Service - And I further say, that until the time of my capture as aforesaid, the said Frost continued in Service, & belonged to the same Company & Regiment to which I was attached, & I left him at that time, at Crosson Point, I further say that agreeably to my present recollection & belief, the Soldiers who belonged to the same Regiment & who resided at, in the vicinity of Northampton, where I then lived, did not reach home until some time in the month of February 1777. And at the same time I understood that the said Frost returned in company with the others, of which I have no doubt, as I saw him a few days afterwards. Humphrey Richardson Sworn & subscribed this day by me aforesaid in open Court by me before P. L. P. - t.
Sworn & subscribed this day by me aforesaid in open court before
Henry Robinson Register —
Drury covers the page. We William Jackson, a clergyman residing in the Town of Dorset in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont, Sylvanus Sykes, residing in the same Dorset, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Frost, who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration - that we believe him to be seventy three years of age - that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion. Wm Jackson
Silvanus Likes
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court by the fore
Henry Robinson Register
Henry Robinson reg'd And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named Applicant was a Rev. Christian Soldier & served as he stated. And the Court further testifies that it appears to them, that Humphrey Richardson who has subscribed & sworn to the preceding Affidavit, is a credible person & his statement entitled to belief, & that W m Jackson who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in said Town of Dorset & that Sylvanus Sylvester who has also signed the same, is also a resident in said Dorset & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Certified by me
Myron Clark
Judge of Probate Court
I Henry Roberson Register of the Probate Court do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Grost for a Pension —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal at Manchester this 7 th day of May A.D. 1833.
Henry Robison Register

Passion Agency
Burlington Mar 9 1841
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that John Frost's order act of 7 June 1832 was paid to 24 Sept 1840
I am Very Respectfully
Yours Ht Smith
H. Sorrey Pennant
By Chas. F. Haines
J. S. Edwards Esq. Census of Passion Washington

Bank of Scotland July 25, 1835
John Edward Esq
Comptroller
Edinburgh
I enclose you the receipt of John Wood, for your order to pay, which please to return to me
Very Respectfully Your obed Servant
Edw. Inglisby Esq p R. Steele

State of Vermont Franklin County
On this 14 day of January A D 1820 before me the subscriber Justice of the peace for the whole State of Vermont - personally appears Enoch Beals aged Sixty years resident in St Albans in said County who being by me first sworn according to Law doth on his oath depose and say in the year 1776 or about the some time in the Month of Jan y or Feb y I enlisted in Capt David Chapmans Company in Col. Porters Regiment, of the Massachusetts line for one year. - That on or about the first of March 1776 the Regiment & Company Marched from Northampton in Massachusetts for Quebec. That we arrived at Quebec about 6 April the same year - That the Regt retreated from Quebec. went to New Jersey & about the middle of Feb. 1777. The Regiment was discharged in New Jersey - I further state that John Frost now resident of Dorset. County of Bennington & State of Vermont. Contested about the same time which I in the same Company & Regiment was with me at Quebec & at New Jersey and discharged with the Regiment at New Jersey - That said Frost was in actual service during the full period of the enlistment & served at the request of Gen. Washington about 15 days after his term was out making little more than one year -
Enoch Beals
subscribed & sworn before me the day & year above said I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Enoch Beals & that he is a Credible witness
Seth Warner Jus. Peace

State of Vermont Franklin county clerk's office Jan'y 8 th 1820 I Horace Jones clerk of the county court within and for the county of Fra- nklin do hereby certify that Seth Whitmore Esq r of St Albans is a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Franklin duly quali- fied to act as such and that the foregoing certificate is signed by him in his own proper hand writing in testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the public seal of said court Horace Jones clerk

Adon Beeals Deposition
28 60 11 27 6 24 46 11 45 24 84 47 9 78 37 22
24 18 144 24 3.84 76 1.60 10 11 10 1.10 5 1.15 12 1.27 6 24 4
50 11 50 50 50 12 562 50 5562 45-84 0978

State of New York, } ss. ERIE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, NOAH P. SPRAGUE, Clerk of the County of Erie, do hereby certify that John Sherman Esq. whose name is subscribed to the annexed certificate was, at the time of Making the same a justice of the peace in and for said county, duly elected and sworn, and acting as such. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe the signature John Sherman to be his genuine signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County. this 21 st day of February A. D. 1841. Manly Colton D. J. 66

I William Jackson a clergyman residing in the town of Dorset hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Deacon John Frost who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, That I believe him to be seventy two years of age, that I understand him to be respected and beloved in the neighbor- hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that I fully con- cur in that opinion. Attest William Jackson.
State of Vermont, ss. Dated August 2 d 1832 Bennington County. Then personally appeared Rev. Wm Jackson and made oath to the depositions to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed before me G. B. Southworth Justice Peace
STATE OF VERMONT,
To all to whom these presents shall come.
GREETING.
I Certify That G. B. Southworth Esq whose signature appears to the foregoing Deposition, was at the date thereof still in a justice of the peace in & for the County of Bennington duly empowered to administer Oaths, &c - That I believe his sign- nature as such, is genuine -
In Testimony Whereof I, Henry Robinson Clerk of the County Court within, and for the County of Bennington have hereunto Subscribed my name, I have caused the Seal of the Said County Court to be af- fixed.
Done at Manchester, in the County of Bennington this 2 nd day of August A. D. 1832 and of the Independence of the United States, the Fifty Seventh -
Henry Robinson Clerk

for
Mr Millard Filmore M.C. Washington
D. C.
Collins MS. Febry 19

County of Erie
On this 6 th day of February 1841 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Erie personally appeared John Frost who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company com- manded by Captain Chapman  Harfield in the Regi- ment commanded by Colonel Porter
in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Vermont from whence he has lately rem- oved that he now resides in the State of New York where he intends to remain and wishes his pen- sion to be there payable in future the following are his reasons for removing from the State of Vermont to the State of New York his Wife having died and his Children living in the State of New York he wished to remove them in the Town of Evans in the County of Erie Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid John Frost John Sherman J. P.
Erie County ss. Richards Hurd being duly sworn says he is well acquaint- ed with John Frost and knows him to be the person described in the above affidavit sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid Richards Hurd that is on the 6 th day of February 1841 John Sherman J. P.
I certify that Richards Hurd the person making the above affidavit is well known to me and that he is a man of truth and veracity John Sherman J. P.

Collins February 19 th 1841
Mr Millard Filmore
Sir if you will place this in the right affair you will very much oblige yours as I was not certain what affair it ought to be directed to Yours Respectfully
Mr Millard Filmore John Sherman

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Nov. 15. 1838
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," John Frost a Pensioner on the Roll of the Burlington Vt. Agency, at the rate of Sixty two Dollars and forty nine Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837 to the 4 th September 1837 .
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Mar 1. 1871
Mr. Evans
In-ut
M. Williams U.S.C.
J. L. Edwards
Prison Office
Hon. Mr. Fullmore H.R.

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Dear Sir
John Frost was a revolutionary soldier. He drew a full pension died & is buried at Evans Erie Co N.Y. He belonged to either the Vermont or Mass. Troops
Will you give me a copy of the Records in your Dept: as to the facts in his case
I am a descendant in direct line from John Frost & have a son who wishes to join the Society of Sons of the Revolution so that the information

our can give will be of advantage to him kindly answer at earliest convenience & oblige
Yours H.P. Durd 22 Sussex Ave Newark N.J.

1551
W.W.
Maywood, Cook Co., Illinois.
U.S. Com. Pensions,
Gentlemen Sirs,
According to instructions given me at "Newberry Library" Chicago, in behalf "Daughters of the Revolution ", I ask for Certificate of service, or Military History of the revolutionary soldier - John Frost , (my Grandfather) As rightly informed - he was born in — state of Mass. Dec. 22 1759, enlisted at about 16 yrs. of age

and served to close of the Revolutionary war.
Married Amy Tenant, Apr. 12 178 Had 8 sons & 3 daughters. Removed to Sandgate Vt. where wife died.
Married 2 o , widow Mercy Kent - then removed to Dorset, Vermont. And later, to Evans, Erie Co., N. Y., where he died, Oct. 16 1853, aged. 93 yrs. 9 mos. & 24 days. While here, he resided with his youngest daughter Mrs. Sophia (Frost) Hurd, wife of Richard Hurd.
His youngest son, Stephen Amasa Frost

was my Father ,
Perhaps it is unnecessary to repeat these items but I am told of several John Frost, by name who were soldiers in Continental Army.
(My Grandfather) John Frost, received a pension from my earliest remembrance to the time of his death.
Very Resp'tly,
Mrs. M. A. Goodrich 703 N. 5 th Ave.
Maywood, Illinois.
Oct. 30 th 1900. }

Rev Wm Fontanelle Iowa April 27 Sir:-
Can you help me to establish the Rev. service of one John Frost who applied for pension Act 1832 which was paid till his death.
Oct 1853? His residence at that time being Dorset VT.
His service was first enlistment Oct 1775 (from Mass) engaged in battle of Three Rivers re-enlisted 1778 - corporal
Thanks in advance, send bill Mrs C. V. Welcher Fontanelle Iowa.

Fontanelle Ia.
April 1st
Honored Sir:-
I wish proof that John Frost of Hatfield Mass. (father of Stephen A Frost) born 12/22 1759 was in service in the Revolution. Can you assist me? Thanking in advance
Mrs. A. L. Patterson Fontanelle
Bx 175
Iowa

January 23, 1933
MBA B S.C. 461 897 - Harlan P. Hurd
Mr. B. F. Hurd, 525 Parker Street, Newark, N.J.
Dear Sir:
In a report from the records of the War Department, it appears that Harlan P. Hurd, the veteran, enlisted August 20, 1862, at Medina, New York, in the 17th Battery, New York Light Artillery, and that he was mustered out a corporal on June 13, 1865, at Richmond, Virginia, and this is the only information on file relative to the service of the veteran.
You will be further informed relative to any service of John Frost in the Revolutionary Army.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Director of Pensions

Harlan P. Hurd SC 461897
B. F. HURD 525 PARKER STREET NEWARK NEW JERSEY
69 K
Some of his instruments may have later been found. It was discovered in 1933. Jan. 23/33. A.V.G.
Dept of Interior Gentlemen
Can you give me the complete record of (Deacon) John Grost who enlisted in the Revolutionary Army either from Hatfield or Williamsburg Mass about Oct 1775 Feb 1776 again in 1777 and 1778 and served under Col's Fellows, Porter and Moseley I think he drew a pension to date of death at Coos N.Y. Oct 16th 1853 in his 94th year.
Any records you can give me will be appreciated.
Can you also give me a record of service of my father Harlan Page Hurd who enlisted in the 17th New York Battery from Orleans County N.Y. Served 3 years from 1862 to 1865. Was at Appomattox at Lee's Surrender, also at Petersburg when mine was blown up.
If this is not the proper department for such records will you please see that this letter is sent to same
Thanking you Benjamin Grost Hurd
Dec 5/32

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WILLIAM G. FROST.
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NEW YORK, April 1, 1905.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I would respectfully ask if you will furnish me with a statement of the military record of John Frost. According to my notes, this man applied for a pension in 1832, being then a resident of Dorset, Vermont. He was born in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, December 22, 1759.
I am desirous of getting all the facts, dates, etc., obtainable in regard to this person for use in writing up a genealogical history and anything you can supply me with in the way of information will be greatly appreciated.
Trusting I may hear from you at your earliest convenience, I am
Very truly yours,
Dictated by Mr. Frost.
C. S. H. [unclear] new

C. W. & N. Div.
T 13089
L. W. B.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
November 10, 1836.
Sir:
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of John Frost, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he made application for pension August 1, 1832, at which time he was 73 years of age and residing at Dorset, Vt., and his pension was allowed for one year, six months and fifteen days' actual service as a private and corporal in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. Stiles and Col. Fellows. He enlisted at Williamsburgh, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr H. P. Hurd,
221 Sussex Ave.
Newark, N. J.